Tag #130707 - Interview #87383 (Carol Margulies)

During Khrushchev’s [17] visit to Romania [in 1958], there was a power failure in Bucharest one evening. My brother was in charge and the Securitate [18] wanted to arrest him. But my brother couldn’t say what had gone wrong. Electricians went out into the field and discovered a stork that had built its nest on the power lines, which had caused a short circuit. My brother got away, but he made a decision, ‘I’m not staying here anymore; I’ve had enough. I’m going to Israel.’ Nevertheless, he stayed.